Jay-Z x Alicia Keys “Empire State Of Mind” (AMA’s)
November 22, 2009 @ 9:22 PM EST
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With A-Rod giving the introduction, Jigga Man and AK performed the number one record in the country tonight at the American Music Awards. Personally, Part 2 sounds better than the original.
I need some A Keys!
The radio kills all things good. [C] Hip-Hop.
Lol Alicia keys just threw up the………….nevermind,im not gon get into it
This Was A great performance Hova And A keys OWW empire state pt 2 is better
Best performance of the night so far by a long shot! Damn Alicia Keys looking good as hell to! It’s to bad radio always tries to make you get tired of such great songs like this though! I need an Alicia in my life lol!
The fuck was neyo daoin… hey gayer than perez… damn
Alicia Keys owns this track.
this ish is enormous !!!
jigga keys !!
fiyyya!
hovs voice man always sounds like its crackling up n shit same as the mtv performance
@ teddy. It’s caused from touring and constantly using that voice to make millions. Imagine jumping on planes from America to Europe, different shows, different climates.
Your voice would sound the same too Teddy.
That’s why he’s a rapper and not a singer.
if he aint better than big, then he is the closes one. so beans move over..lol
i love me some jay z
50 is there lets see if hes really dat gangsta
This makes me feel even more sorry Beanie.
Sorry Beans.
You lose.
i just gotta say ny state of mind>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>empire state of mind
Honestly though there is something about this damn song. It’s like you can’t help but nod your head to it like oh this shit is tight. Even them white people feeling it. It’s funny to see them bobbing their heads doing it and also I feel extremely proud as a black person to see how hova has positively spread our culture. I say positively cos for the most part, this song is a positive one.
I personally cannot remember in my time, a song about a city ever being received like this.
And I am not American.
Clap for Hov
u ppl are crazy ive only heard Part2 once but Jay’s version is way better….
Anthem…period the end..everybody can feel it but bein a new yorker it’s that much better
It’s also funny that this song works on two levels u got Alicia singin the big hook that really sounds like city that everyone can sing to then u got Hov who ain’t really rapping bout the rosiest things talkin bout alot of the pitfalls of NYC that also make it wat it is..wonder how pple don’t really all those references..stash spot..whippin pastries..gypsy cabs…MDMA…great song
lets hear it for the satanists!!!! round of lake of fire applause
^gtfoh
When Yall putting up eminem peformance
toni braxton and keri hilson looking fuck good i take them down both
Jay-Z Wins An AMA AWard YEAH NIGGAS
MEN LIE WOMEN LIE NUMBERS DONT SHOT AT 50 SMH
@F*** YALL
MEN LIE WOMEN LIE NUMBERS DONT SHOT AT 50 SMH
^
Indeed!!!
Jay took a shot a 50 live while 50 was in the building.. then starts laughin.. lol..
Michael Jackson Artist Of Year Has To Be
jay just dissed 50….men lie, women lie, numbers dont
Taylor swift WTF
They Giving her all these awards becuz kanye shitted on her
Fuck her She aint shit but a NAZI Lover But i get some brains from her EAZY
@M85
Sigh…
Hov is a rapper, Rap has always had a story telling Social Conscience.
Hov would be doing a disservice to his culture (although a lot of you guys claim he has already sold out) if he did not tell that story.
The song ended up being that great, because it tells the narrative of average New Yorkers’ (Jay z using his past struggles as a mirror of other New Yorkers) struggles and pitfalls and then Alecia sings the part of hope.
New York/Jamaica/johannesburg
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There’s nothin’ you can’t do
Now you’re in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Let’s hear it for New York, New York,
New York
That’s Why it’s a positive song
Struggles and hardships juxtaposed to hope and success
@ Yardie_ute WTF are You Talking About LOL listen hear loserz hov wouldnt be winning if Alicia keys aint on that Hook
Put It like this the song wouldnt be shit Id It Wasnt For A Keys
50 got shitted on while he was in the building.. LMAO
LoL @ F***YALL
Imagine another rapper on the same song with Alecia Keys on the Hook.
Jay and Alecia made the song great
The song about new york becuz he mention bob marley aint mean he was talkin about jamica and johansuburg WTF Does Empire State Have to Do with THat shit NIGGA LOL DUm Ass MUSIC LISTENERS
LoL @ F***YALL
Imagine another rapper on the same song with Alicia Keys on the Hook.
Jay and Alecia made the song great
DAMN!! NIGGA JAY DID TAKE A SUBLIMINAL SHOT AT 50 CENT I THINK…MEN LIE WOMEN LIE NUMBERS DONT..WELL WE ALL KNO 50 WONT WIN AWARDS CUZ HE MAKES GANGSTA MUSIC JAY MAKES HIP POP NUTTIN WRONG WITH IT JUS NOT THE JAY I LIKE BUT HEY HE GOT THE AWARD…CANT BE TALKIN BOUT MONEY CUZ FIF RITE THERE WITH JAY WITH THE MONEY IF NOT MORE AND CANT B RECORDS SALES CUZ ALL FIFTY ALBUMS OUTSOLD ALL JAYS ALBUMS! SO WHERE THE SHOTT????? EXPLAIN
AND BY THE WAY..FUCK 50 CENT…JAY THE NEW SINATRA…WE OFF THAT GANGSTA STREET MUSIC MOTIVATIONAL SHIT….HIPHOP CHANGED FACE IT….
@ yardie
I’m pretty sure we made the same point…the song is great because it resonates wit the average person in ny…I heard it in every neighborhood I been in…grown people feel it as much as the youth..it has a very aspirational quality..this song will b around for a long time…some pple on here may try to hate on it but then u jus don’t get it
@DILLInGERMAN
the shot is that 50’s album thats out now aint sell shit.. even with him hiring beans to help him.. so fuck 50!
Im from NY born in manhattan raised in bronx dont tell me about my city to yall its a song to newyork thats our everyday life and that song is ours u put another artist with alicia keys the song will sell just ask your self this y he took so long to do a song with keys becuz hov thought he could do it by himself he could have been did a song for new york jay-z fine different ways to sell an album every time whether moviesamerican gangster beef with nas takeover hov aint great he just knows how to market his music to make it sound hot 50 is a flop after GRDT masscre decent but not hottttttt curtis one song i get money and B.I.S.D a great album it just has to sell
That song would not have been the same wit another rapper..many others have done ny anthems that haven’t made it past hot97..Alicia keys herself has made ny tributes…but until now did it become this huge…right timin wit the right artists
Jay just MURKED Curtis live on a big 3 national network while Curtis was in the same room.
And the best part? He did it subliminally, without naming any names.
ETHER, move over.
how do niggas know 50 aint leave he skipped off stage like a bitch
@cat
Word.. thats how its done.. Real Niggas Do Real Things.
@ F**Yall
If you could just be a tad bit more introspective u would realize that the the Point I was trying to make was that, People from different cities, or places in the world that go their their own struggles can connect with the song cos, now it’s about their city, their town, their own struggles and how they can make the best of their circumstances.
A lot of people love their home towns etc but just wish they could do better for themselves and their city. That is how this song is able to connect with People from different Countries. It inspires us to rep. our city.
this song gettin over performed now
@Dillingerman…get the hell off 50 cent’s dick… Everytime I see you post about 50 cent….50 cent is not the toipic here…. Your a 50 cent dickrider….we off that…..
I don’t care what nobody say, Jigga and Alicia Rock the shit out of the song. Dam ppl give credit when credit is do.
^^ hey monique u wanna f*#@….
hovi is da shit soooo fuk alll u haters!!!
man jus look at da crowd like how hype it is…. like all them ppl aint even from New York but they live… jus da presents of GREATNESS!!!!!
INCREDIBLE!! THAT’S WHAT MAKING RECORDS IS ALL ABOUT!
^^^What was more incredible kim. Making records or you getting pounded by my nine inch. And then getting showered wit my……Jizzzzzzz….
THIS IS THE BETTER VERSION BECAUSE IT HAS THAT STREET GRIT TO IT. KIM I HAVE 10.5 AND 9 WHATEVER, WHO SAYS JIZZ? U MOST BE OF LOWER PIGMENTATION.